Today I am joined by Dr. Greg Smalley. Dr. Smalley serves as the executive director of Marriage and Family Formation at Focus on the Family. Today we will talk with Dr. Smalley about his current work at Focus on the Family, how Christians should think about marriage in a post-marriage culture, and some of the most important lessons learned throughout a lifetime of marriage counseling and advocacy. Dr. Smalley will also provide some of his most helpful tips for married couples.
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Show Notes
Book: Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage: 12 Secrets for a Lifelong Romance
Website: smalleymarriage.com
Also:
The latest edition of Light Magazine
The most recent release from Leland House Press: Women On Life (edited by Trillia Newbell)
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What is going on? This is the sentiment I've heard from many friends and family, especially as they survey this increasingly crazy election season. I have to admit that I've been more than a bit distressed myself lately. How is it, for instance, that a vulgar, reality-show icon who has built his empire by exploiting the poor, who openly mocks the disabled, who defends the abortion industrial complex, who threatens his opponents, who brags of his adultery, who says that he has "no need of forgiveness"--how is this guy winning among evangelicals in places like South Carolina? How is it that the worst kind of leaders continue to win and those who have accomplished records, who lead with dignity, who genuinely serve the common good don't seem to win office? If you love your neighbor, you can't help but be discouraged by the state of our world. Or perhaps you are...

Darrin Patrick is the founder and lead pastor The Journey Church in St. Louis, vice-president of Acts 29, a church planting network, and chaplain of the St. Louis Cardinals. He is a prolific author and featured speaker. His latest book is The Dudes Guide to Marriage. Darrin and I will talk about baseball (in which I will give him grief about my Cubs sweeping his Cardinals out of the playoffs last year), men and marriage, and racial reconciliation. Darrin was a key figure in helping to bring healing to the Ferguson, Missouri community in 2015.
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Show Notes
Book: The Dudes Guide to Marriage
Twitter: @darrinpatrick
Websites: darrinpatrick.org; thejourney.org; acts29.com; thedudesguide.org
Also:
The latest edition of Light Magazine
The most recent release from Leland House Press: Women On Life (edited by Trillia Newbell)
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Today I am excited to be joined by Thomas Kidd. Dr. Kidd is a historian and professor who teaches history at Baylor University and serves as the Associate Director of Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He is a regular contributor for outlets such as WORLD Magazine, The Gospel Coalition, and USA Today. He is a prolific author whose latest books include Baptists in America and George Whitefield: America's Spiritual Founding Father. Dr. Kidd’s research interests include 18th century North America, particularly the history of evangelicalism. Today we’ll talk with Dr. Kidd about Whitfield and his place as a founder of modern evangelicalism.
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Show Notes
Book: George Whitefield: America's Spiritual Founding Father
Twitter: @ThomasSKidd
Website: The Anxious Bench
Also:
The latest edition of Light Magazine
The most recent release from Leland House Press: Women On Life (edited by Trillia Newbell)
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